MicrosoftProcter & Gamble Co. (NYSE: PG) fires CEO Bob McDonald and brings back A. G. Lafley. (Reuters) Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) may face antitrust investigations by the U.S. government. (Reuters) Carl Icahn may…
ThinkstockIt was perhaps inevitable that the fight between Japan’s Softbank and Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) over Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) would take turn in this direction. In a not-at-all-veiled attempt…
Paul Ausick ThinkstockClearwire Corp. (NASDAQ: CLWR) is getting the higher buyout price offer from Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) that has been rumored to be coming. The new increased offer is at $3.40 per…
courtesy of AOL, IncYahoo! Inc.’s (NASDAQ: YHOO) profits in Asia will help balance the risk of its Tumblr buyout. (Reuters) A successful vote to split the chairman and CEO jobs at J.P.…
ThinkstockEarlier this month, wireless network provider LightSquared Inc. received permission from the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) to use a band of wireless spectrum for a period of three months to test whether…
Paul Ausick courtesy of AOL, IncThe European Central Bank may begin to identify weak banks and deny them aid. (Reuters) Foxconn, once one of Apple Inc.’s (NASDAQ: AAPL) largest suppliers, says it needs additional…
ThinkstockThe saying is that all’s fair in love and war. Well, this cannot be love, so it must be war. The Financial Times this morning is citing “two people familiar with the…
courtesy of Facebook Inc.China’s factory output misses expectations on the low side. (Reuters) Posting on Google+ has been low, hurting the chance for Google Inc. (NASDAQ: GOOG) to get ads for the…
U.S. equity markets opened slightly lower this morning after the Bank of England left its key interest rate and asset purchase program unchanged (more coverage here). In Asia, China’s consumer price index…
ThinkstockDish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) reported first-quarter 2013 results before markets opened this morning. The satellite TV provider posted diluted earnings per share (EPS) of $0.47 on revenues of $3.56 billion. In…
Paul Ausick U.S. equity markets opened lower this morning on relatively little economic data. In Europe, Germany reported that industrial production rose 1.2%, while a house price index in the U.K.rose 1.1% month-over-month. In…
ThinkstockSoftbank is worried enough about the counter bid made by Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S) that its founder and chief will visit the United States. It is a…
Douglas A. McIntyre Wikimedia CommonsWest Lashes Out at China The world has started to gang up on China. America’s Defense Department published a report as part of its Annual Report to Congress. In “Military and…
Douglas A. McIntyre ThinkstockWhen Dish Network Corp. (NASDAQ: DISH) put in its bid of $25.5 billion for Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), there could be little question that the satellite TV provider was serious about…
ThinkstockAlthough it is the frontrunner to buy out of Sprint Nextel Corp. (NYSE: S), Softbank could lose out. Its chief executive officer, Masayoshi Son, claims his offer is superior to one made…
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